'A lot of people have an inner side they want to express', De La Soul join Tim Cocker

De La Soul dropped into the Virgin Breakfast Show with Tim Cocker on Tuesday morning.

They talked about new album And the Anonymous Nobody, which was funded by Kickstarter is out on August 26. The first single Pain ft Snoop Dogg is out now.

Dave discussed the freedom of not being connected to a record label.

"We've been the bosses for a good two years now, we're not connected to any label deals or contracts or signed to anyone, so it's a good feeling in regards to the freedom of it all to be able to conduct the train," he told Tim Cocker.

"Whether you strike gold or hit rock bottom, at least you know it was on you.

"Snoop pulled us aside at South by South West Festival. He invited us to come and hang out just to chat, and expressed how much he felt like we needed to do a song. We were the only artists of our time that hadn't come [back] together."

Posdnuos also revealed other musicians have reached out to De La Soul and been inspired by the group.

"We've been blessed. A lot of our peers tell us the way we put together the song, they always wanted to use the song, but they didn't think they could use it in the realm of hip-hop music," he explained.

"A lot of people have this inner side of themselves they want to express in a certain way, but they feel they shouldn't."